It's Friday, and many of you are checking out books related to your research topics. I hope this trip to the library helps you make the connection between research and fun! Yes, it can be fun... Think about the number of times a day you make a quick check online for information on a myriad of topics. I do. What I'm hoping for is that the topic you choose leads you to riveting reading, reading that you really want to do.
Next week's classes are devoted to reading workshop. Bring your research materials with you to class. If you have a topic the school system will be likely to block because of content, print it out at home or bring it on a flash drive to print for class. Come prepared! You'll get workshop participation points just for coming in prepared and working, reading, and writing quietly, making notes for your project.
The first due date is Feb 11th for the annotated bibliography writing conference. The final draft of the annotated bib will be due on February18th. You'll remember you wrote an annotated bib first semester. You will briefly summarize your sources, how they fit your topic and how you will use the information. You will place your sources in alphabetical order according to the first word in the citation.
So happy reading! Stay focused. Consider this to be homework. There's no way you can accomplish all of our goals by counting on class time only to complete the assignments.
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